Current State
Location information is key to effective public services and is being applied more effectively as public administrations introduce data-driven online services, spurred on by policy developments, e.g. climate, mobility, growth and EU policies such as Cohesion Policy, Smart Specialisation, Europe Fit for the Digital Age and the European Data Strategy. Digital innovation and collaborative developments are progressing in different policy areas but much more can be achieved to benefit users and partners. This will require more user-driven SDI support for digital public services, data ecosystems and digital platforms across the policy landscape, and capable of meeting both national and European demands for location data.
Vision
Location information is well integrated in digital public services and processes, supporting new business models, more effective collaboration and location-based decision making, and helping to transform public service delivery across government (G2G, G2B and G2C). SDIs are fulfilling an important role in digital transformation both nationally and in Europe. Following the once-only principle, users do not have to supply the same information multiple times. There is visibility of common coordinating and support structures, expert groups and technologies, a strong user voice in the design, evaluation and improvement of location-based services, and good evidence of digital public service innovation and take-up of services.
LIFO Monitoring
The Location Information Framework Observatory (LIFO) monitors the implementation of EULF Blueprint recommendations in European countries. Read about the implementation of recommendations in the Digital Government Integration focus area in the LIFO Country Factsheets or the LIFO European State of Play Report. Explore the results for selected countries at LIFO Interactive Dashboards - Focus Areas.
Recommendations
| Identify where digital public services can be simplified or transformed using location information and location intelligence, and implement improvement actions that create value for users | |
| Recommendation 7 | Use spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) in digital public services and data ecosystems across sectors, levels of government and borders, integrated with broader public data infrastructures and external data sources |
| Recommendation 8 | Adopt an open and collaborative methodology to design and improve location-enabled digital public services |
| Recommendation 9 | Adopt an integrated location-based approach in the collection and analysis of statistics on different topics and at different levels of government |